The Clinton administration's anti-terrorism law efforts evoked the following December 1996 comment by conservative James Bovard, policy advisor for the Future of Freedom Foundation.

The President is "continuing to agitate for new powers to suppress terrorists" and "demanding more powers for wiretaps, more powers to prevent people from using encryption for their e-mail, more powers to classify normal crimes as terrorist offenses, and so forth."

"As usual," the President's "solution to every problem is more power for himself and his cronies" and he has "scorned opponents of his terrorist proposals, claiming that they want to 'turn America into a safe house for terrorists.'"

Clinton's anti-terrorism programs that the Repugs fought against:

http://tinyurl.com/tgpnr

Read it and weep.

Amway, Clinton *DID* something about it.  That's why when Bush kicked the UN inspectors out and invaded, they found...nothing. 

No WMD's.  No WMD programs.  And if Shrub had let the inspectors do their work, they'd have told us that without the waste of 3512 American lives and a trillion dollars. 

But then Cheney wouldn't have gotten his little war-for-oil.  Enjoy your cheap gas, Amway.  3512 Americans paid for it.  And counting.

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Democrats act, Republicans lie about it.  Simple when you know the key.

But then Cheney wouldn't have gotten his little war-for-oil. 

U.S. military admits Iraq war was for oil:

In a Sunday afternoon discussion that mixed gentle coaxing with a sober appraisal of politics in Baghdad and Washington, the commander, Adm. William J. Fallon, told Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki that the Iraqi government should aim to complete a law on the division of oil proceeds by next month.

The Pentagon and WH has done nothing in Iraq for the last 3 months but push for passage of the oil bill in Iraq.

Clinton *DID* something about it.

Funny how the rightwingers "forget" about the 1998 bombing in Iraq Clinton authorized (while the rightwingers were screaming "wag the dog") when it's convenient but use it against Clinton like a cudgel ever opportunity they can.

Rightwingers seem to suffer from a collective schizophrenia.

If they don't get an oil law passed by September the Bushies may consider *THAT* reason to reconsider the surge.  They have no other metric anymore.

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That law basically gives Iraqi oil to the four largest petro companies under sweetheart contracts.

That law basically gives Iraqi oil to the four largest petro companies under sweetheart contracts

And you can bet the Iraqi government officials are going to become multi-millionaires almost overnight.

It's a guaranteed way to start the same situation found in Nigeria today.

Mine's on direct deposit, Amway.   But don't let us keep you if you need to nip off to the post office.

Personally, I don't think it was Clinton's bombing of Iraq that kept Saddam from getting WMD's, it was the sanctions.  The bombing just made him keep his head down.  Because we didn't find *ANYTHING*.  No bombed-out factories, no stockpiles, nada.

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Now, Clinton's 1993 bombing of the Iraqi intelligence HQ seems to have done some good, though...

Amway, go get yourself a beer and chill out.  We wouldn't want you having a stroke.  Haven't you heard?  We don't *HAVE* a God. 

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And yours has feet of clay.

And yours has feet of clay.

And a head full of marbles.

I guess there's no reasoning with someone that thinks a good solution to the Oil for Food scandal

If you really want to see his head explode, tell him the only companies convicted in the scandal were AMERICAN companies!

Oh, the irony.

Are you really just going to sit there and ignore the points made by Random and GrpThink

Why would he change now? He's always been that way.

And if history is any teacher, he'll start deleting our posts before the end of the day.

I'm surprised mine have lasted this long.

GrpThink, you'll get a bigger "bang" from the cranium if you tell him Condolezza Rice sat on the *BOARD OF DIRECTORS* of one of those companies when they bribed Saddam.  He'll *LOVE* it.

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But I believe there was at least one French company implicated as well, although not convicted.

US's inaction against US companies and individuals

From 2001 to 2003 the U.S. members of the U.N. Security Council approved several Iraqi oil transfers which were not part of the oil-for-food program.

During Bush's administration the U.S. was a KNOWING participant in violating the program.

I wonder why AmWay didn't mention this.

you tell him Condolezza Rice sat on the *BOARD OF DIRECTORS* of one of those companies

Yup, Chevron is on the list of companies who worked with Saddam in violating the program.

least one French company implicated as well

As there was one British company.

But as you mentioned, they have not been convicted. Only the U.S. companies were.

I could see not holding him responsible if it were a month or two after he started

Here's where the rightwingers are hypocrites.

They blame Clinton for the February 1993 WTC bombing even though it happened a month after he took office, but Bush is blameless for 9/11 that happened 8 months after he took office.

Why, America's counterpart to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, of course.

(Oh yeah, he's limited to two terms and is ineligible to run again.  There goes that idea.)

Just for the record, Al Gore was talking about sanctions on Saddam not bombing and hanging him in this 15 year old clip

There someone goes again, interjecting some context into the conversation.

Bailiff, whack his pee-pee!